Example sentences of "when [pron] [vb past] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a big disappointment to me that when I applied for the news editor 's job , I did n't get it . |
| 2 | Vocals went straight down with only the minimum of top end EQ to keep them sharp , and when I went for the final mixdown I have to say I was amazed at how big a sound was coming back from the monitors . |
| 3 | When I went for the bread-soda she was patting his headache away , and the scones must be cooked by now . " |
| 4 | When I went for the paper this morning there was this dog , two dogs actually , but one |
| 5 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 6 | Hospital appointments seemed to go on for ever and when I left for the Sahara , I forgot to cancel one of them . |
| 7 | I dropped it when I left for the realm . |
| 8 | When I worked for the Daily Telegraph , the editor , Bill Deedes , would say that he never missed the letters column of the Guardian . |
| 9 | ‘ Down at Atholl , when you went for the new blades , ’ his wife answered from beside the fireplace . |
| 10 | I forgot to give it to Madge when she asked for the keys . |
| 11 | Do you happen to know whether she was wearing it when she left for the airport ? |
| 12 | I said to Ted : ‘ We 'll say that when she went for the tram , the dog run after her . ’ |
| 13 | Her confidence and conviction that she was somebody special served her well when she applied for the UN job . |
| 14 | Michael went with her to meetings and joined her when she worked for the Liberal cause because it was the next best thing to Labour . |
| 15 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 16 | The Wallabies knew there was high interest in Australia when they prepared for the semi-final and final matches . |
| 17 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 18 | In addition , since the CAB did not succeed when they pressed for the extension of legal aid to cover representation at industrial tribunals , there simply is no other organisation able to take on this work . |
| 19 | Alternatively , he could always have chatted up one of the drivers of Middleton & Co. 's waggon , asking if there was a bit of spare room for an extra body when they left for the King 's Arms in Holborn on a Sunday evening or a Monday morning . |
| 20 | The Letter of 1027 reports that he visited Rome to pray for the redemption of his sins and the security of his subjects , and tells how he had negotiated with the pope a reduction in the sums paid by English archbishops when they went for the pallium . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think they , or the likes of Norman Mailer and Budd Schulberg ever felt that they were slumming when they wrote for the sports pages , ’ says McIlvanney . |
| 22 | Nigel , 34 , and his girl-friend Brix Smith both created a stir when they arrived for the ceremony . |
| 23 | He and a friend had been on a cycling tour of the Himalayas , when they paid for the papers from a local travel agent . |
| 24 | There had been a highly amusing interlude , when they called for the photographs . |
| 25 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 26 | There was no tax invoice because the firm was not registered when it billed for the work . |
| 27 | Had they not supported it when it called for the major means of production to be taken over ? |
| 28 | He was barely 20 years old and already working the nightclub circuit when he wed for the first time . |
| 29 | He added that he had been well treated when he returned for the US Open . |
| 30 | He was granted a football scholarship to attend UCLA and after graduating with a degree in Political Science his dream was realized when he signed for the New York Giants , the team he had supported since childhood , as a rookie quarterback . |